Abstract
To investigate the disparity between plankton and cyst records, sediment slurry cultures were used to isolate the motile stage of dinoflagellates from Caspian Sea sediment. This has resulted in new records for this area of Kryptoperidinium foliaceum, Gymnodinium aureolum and Woloszynskia sp. and for the cyst record, Scrippsiella acuminata. Two Gonyaulax species were isolated, one was identified as Gonyaulax baltica and the other an unknown species. Cultures of Lingulodinium polyedra were also isolated. The approach of using slurries was useful to provide cultures from sediments that were relatively poor in dinoflagellate cysts with contents.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 21-31 |
Number of pages | 11 |
Journal | Botanica Marina |
Volume | 61 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 19 Dec 2017 |
Keywords
- Caspian Sea
- Gonyaulax baltica
- Gymnodinium aureolum
- Kryptoperidinium foliaceum